El reconocimiento del derecho a la libre determinación, dentro de la Declaración sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas de las Naciones Unidas, abrió un nuevo marcho para la comprensión y el ejercicio de los derechos indígenas.
«Pienso que esta gran síntesis de la vida y obra del Santo (…) es una oportunidad para encender la esperanza en los corazones de hoy… Hay grandes coincidencias entre el momento histórico profético del Santo y la desafiante realidad actual de nuestro país.
El libro consta de ocho (8) capítulos, en los que se encontrarán desarrolladas las relaciones existentes entre los pactos nacionales e internacionales y la justicia constitucional y trasnacional, el derecho de familia, los pueblos originarios, la administración pública, el derecho animal, las nuevas tecnologías, y los derechos humanos.
This book investigates the hostile environment and politics of visceral and racial denigration which have characterised responses to refugees and migrants within the UK and Europe in recent years.
In Frontiers of Gender Equality, editor Rebecca Cook enlarges the chorus of voices to introduce new and different discourses about the wrongs of gender discrimination and to explain the multiple dimensions of gender equality.
One man's fight for the ballot reveals the sacrifices of those who shaped the civil rights movement in the American SouthOn August 13, 1946, George Elmore arrived at his regular polling place in Columbia, South Carolina.
During the Allies invasion of Italy in the thick of World War II, American soldier James Kutcher was hit by a German mortar shell and lost both of his legs.
Discusses governmental responsibilities and individual liberties, ethical problems of moral judgement, and legal considerations in defining and suppressing obscene material.
'A crucial, riveting polemic in support of one of the most precious things humanity has built - democracy itself' OWEN JONES'Graham Smith shows what fools our rotten constitution makes of us, with a monarch as emblem of a country beset by nepotism, backhanders, chumocracy and inherited privilege.
Voices of Freedom: The Middle East and North Africa showcases essays from activists, journalists, novelists, and scholars whose areas of expertise include free speech, peace and reconciliation, alterity-otherness, and Middle Eastern and North African religions and literatures.
Too often, cultural competence training has led to the inadvertent marginalization of some individuals and groups and the reinforcement of existing stereotypes.
This book contributes to current debates about "e;queer outsides"e; and "e;queer outsiders"e; that emerge from tensions in legal reforms aimed at improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer people in the United Kingdom.
This work is an interdisciplinary study that investigates the nature and effectiveness of the mobilization of law by domestic nongovernment organizations to enforce human rights.
This interdisciplinary book brings philosophers and non-philosophers to the table to address questions of water ethics, specifically in terms of how moral questions inform decision making around water security at local, national, and international scales.
Das Buch untersucht das menschenrechtliche Verbot der Diskriminierung aufgrund der Rasse einschließlich der Schutzvorschriften gegen Hassrede und beleuchtet umfassend die relevanten Entscheidungen unterschiedlicher nationaler und internationaler Gerichte.
Following the fatal shooting in broad daylight of unarmed African American Michael Brown by a white cop in August 2014, Ferguson, Missouri became the scene of protests that pitted law enforcement against locals and Black Lives matter activists.
This book examines the history of standardized testing in Ontario leading to the current context and its impact on racialized identities, particularly on Grade 3 students, parents, and educators.
In this book, the protection of personal data is compared for eight EU member states,namely France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Romania, Italy, Sweden andthe Netherlands.
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and in light of socio-economic and geopolitical challenges facing governments old and new, women's rights and empowerment have gained new urgency and relevance.
This book brings together leading and emerging scholars and practitioners to present an overview of how regional, international and transnational courts and tribunals are engaging with the environment.
This book is a tribute to the work of Professor Terry Gill, offered to him by friends and colleagues who are also academics and/or practitioners in the field of International Law of Military Operations (ILMO).
This volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law takes a close look at the role of so-called "e;expert manuals"e; in the interpretation and development of the international law of armed conflict and connected branches of international law relating to military operations.
In this book, university teachers provide case studies illustrating methods employed to prepare citizens for meaningful participation in democracies, whether long-standing, young or emerging.
Este volumen se propone abordar, desde el derecho del consumidor, el tratamiento jurídico de la particular situación de vulnerabilidad de los usuarios frente a las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TICs), puesta de manifiesto con mayor evidencia durante la pandemia causada por el coronavirus.
Transitional justice, commonly defined as the process of confronting the legacies of past human rights abuses and atrocities, often does not produce the kinds of results that are imagined.
